
Welcome to my course! During this course grab a pen and paper to take notes and to jog down Ideas for your own account!
Identify your Instagram niche and learn how to find yours to shape your whole Instagram account and build a solid foundation for growth.
Write down 3 possible niches for your Instagram account!
Write down different ideas of what you want to take photos of
Write down 3 different editing styles that you want to try and recreate!
Explore the essential equipment for transforming your Instagram feed, including cameras and editing software, and learn what to invest in to achieve the best results.
Use your smartphone as the starting point for building a professional Instagram feed on a budget, with outdoor shots and a life proof case, and post now while planning upgrades.
Explore point and shoot cameras as a step up from a phone to capture great photos with better quality. Try models at Best Buy and consider the canon G-7 Aksel.
Explore DSLR and mirrorless cameras, highlighting how a lighter mirrorless setup delivers better photos for travel photography, around a $2000 price, with gear linked in the course.
Use Lightroom to save and reuse photo settings for a consistent color look on Instagram. Invest in Creative Cloud for about 15 dollars a month to keep presets.
Explore how Instagram reshapes photography expectations and why traditional rules often don't apply on the platform. Learn how a photographer adapts traditional techniques for a professional Instagram feed.
Explains the difference between portrait and landscape formats, shows how portrait posts on Instagram capture more screen space and engagement, and recommends using portrait mode for a professional feed.
Identify your niche, start taking photos consistently, and learn the three main categories of photos to curate a professional Instagram feed.
Explore landscape photography by prioritizing the setting and location, using a wider shot to make the place the main subject, whether indoors or outdoors, with people allowed.
Center the subject in the frame to create portrait photos, whether the subject is a person or an object, so the focal point stays visible in square crops.
Stay consistent and focus on one theme, preferably landscapes with occasional portraits, then shoot at a similar time of day and lighting to build a cohesive, uniquely yours feed.
Import photos into Lightroom, rate the best shots, and edit exposure, white balance, highlights, shadows, and color to develop your own style.
Learn what Lightroom presets are, how to apply them with a click, and how they help you maintain a consistent instagram feed by using or creating your own presets.
Learn how to create and save your own Lightroom presets, adjust shadows, clarity, color tones for sunset, and apply a consistent style across your Instagram feed.
Explore Photoshop for instagram editing, using layers, masks, and adjustment layers to adjust brightness, contrast, exposure, vibrance, hue saturation, and sky replacement.
Discover how to use Snapseed as a free alternative to Photoshop for removing people, adjusting exposure with a brush, and applying looks to craft a consistent Instagram feed.
Begin curating your feed to take the final step toward a professional, dream-worthy Instagram presence.
Plan weeks of content and curate photos to ensure a cohesive feed by matching images for each placement, then schedule posts by day to maintain visual harmony.
Develop a professional Instagram feed by maintaining consistent posting and a cohesive style. Stay consistent across all content to elevate your profile above the rest and stand out.
Celebrate completing the course and invite viewers to leave a review, connect on Instagram for feedback, and explore personalized consulting to grow their accounts and personal brand.
A full guide on how to take and edit photos for Instagram and how to create a niched account around something you are passionate about!
In this course we first start out by creating a solid foundation to build off of as you continue to grow and expand your account.
We evaluate what type of photos you like to take and show you how to keep doing this to create a professional looking feed that helps grow your page, business, and to help you start to develop a personal brand!
I go over how traditional photography is very different from Instagram photography and the different rules you need to know to be successful on the platform!
Anyone can take this course even if you are a professional photographer or if you have never taken a photo. I do talk about Lightroom a lot in this course and highly recommend you invest in it but I also give other free alternatives if you cannot invest in it yet!
If you are still unsure of this course and want more reassurance, check out my page on Instagram to see what a good page looks like - @gosammyjo